Do a lot of riding in and around Nanjing. We have one mountain that is easily accessable, Purple Mountain. Unfortunately it's easily accessable to everybody. So half the Chinese nation is up there every weekend.
It's also just cool riding in parts of the city and realise the history of what you're surrounded by (or riding on).
Have done a lot of riding around the areas of Nanjing, including longer rides with yi ru. She did very well with 70km on her first day of 'touring', so I was quite proud of her. Makes future rides look very promising.
Unfortunately, this is what a lot of the riding looks like. There is a lot of construction going on in China, and the stereotypical country side scene rarely exists. Apparently it is a lot nicer in the south of China. Having seen Laos and Vietnam, I can believe that, so we are looking forward to maybe arranging something down that way
Upside of Riding here:
In Australia, you get up early for a ride or a hike in order to miss the crowds. Around 10 to 11 am most of the people come out.
In China, everybody gets up early. Therefore an early morning ride is rewarded by crowds of people. The beauty here is that you can get up late, start about 10 or 11am, ride until about 3 or 4pm and miss most of the crowd. Why? Because they're all in bed at noon. Nobody does anything at this time - now that's a more civilised hour to go riding!
Downside:
The amount of rubbish. There is not a trail, a scrap of ground, a beautiful view, where there won't be litter. It is just a matter of education (our own countries had to have education campaigns), but it still does take away the 'natural' feeling of the mountain.
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